CPAT Regional Historic Environment Record
The following information is from the on-line database 'Archwilio'.
Use the icons in the sources section below to download further digital information.

Minera Mines, Reid's Shaft

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18241
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Minera
Unitary authority : Wrexham
NGR : SJ2652551690
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL SILVER MINE / POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE / POST MEDIEVAL ZINC MINE

Description :
Lead/Silver/Zinc (1852-1913)

Geology
Red Vein and Main Vein in Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
Royle's Shaft remains as a grassed mound, at SJ26525158 with a horse whim circle, to the west of the mineral railway in an area of grassed-over spoil heaps.

A line of old workings to the south-west of Royle's Shaft mark the line of the White Vein.

Reid's Shaft, sunk to 750ft was the centre of mining operations on the Red Vein at SJ26535168. It was originally pumped by a waterwheel before the Darlington's water pressure engine was installed. The shaft remains capped to the north of the railway track.

To the west of Royle's, a collapsed shaft remains fenced off and full of rubbish.

The day level ran from the River Clywedog at SJ26605180, being to the north of Reid's Shaft.

Transport
The track of the mineral railway runs between the two shafts and is clearly visible as a public footpath.

Power
The stonework remains of Reid's engine house with some mounting bolts in situ remains in undergrowth in an area of considerable mining evidence.

A 14" horizontal winding engine raised ore at both Reid's and Royle's Shafts.

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
No evidence.

See also PRN 104264.

Later powered by a hydraulic engine via a pipeline from two reservoirs above, alongside the mountain road - see The Industrial Heritage of Minera (1987)

Sources :
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1993 , Site visit record - PRN18241

Events :

Related records
CPAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 104263

Compiled date : 28-09-1994


Archaeological data, from the Historic Environment Record, supplied by The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust in partnership with Local Authorities, Cadw and the partners of ENDEX © CPAT, 2025 (and in part © Crown, 2025). It is intended to be used for private research only and is not for use as part of commercial projects. If you wish to use this information for publication in printed or multimedia form or to compile resources for commercial use, prior permission must be obtained in writing. Use of this information is subject to the terms and conditions of access to HER data published on CPAT's website. Please contact the HER if you have any further questions regarding this information. Please quote the Primary Reference Numbers (PRNs) in any correspondence.

April 19, 2025, 5:27 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust, The Offices, Coed y Dinas, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 8RP
tel (01938) 553670, email her@cpat.org.uk, website www.cpat.org.uk

Comment on this record?       Privacy and cookies